Sun 06 Sep
2009

Was Shoeless Joe Jackson Innocent?

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Writing in Chicago Lawyer Magazine, two attorneys raise serious questions about the accuracy of the definitive book on the Black Sox scandal: “The lack of supporting information in [the author’s] meticulously indexed notes suggests that the book may not be much more than fiction, or, at the very most, a summary of inflated press accounts.” Though the book was published decades after the fact it is historically critical to the details of this scandal because it forever cemented the eight team members of the 1919 Chicago White Sox as cheaters, and inspired the 1988 movie “Eight Men Out.”

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web page designer
07 Sep 2009, 04:28 pm

Would be interesting if it were indeed true.

a southsider
10 Sep 2009, 12:46 am

12 hits and .375 for the series. Including the series only home run.

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